Athletes and Gym Class

Over 55 percent of all high school students will take part in an extracurricular sport this year. Most, if not all of these students get home late each day after an exhausting practice, only to have more hard work ahead of them – their homework. Some days, it will be past midnight by the time they finish. When they get to school the next day, they’re fatigued from their lack of sleep. They hardly have any energy to walk out the front door, let alone run around in gym class. Since grades in physical education are largely based upon participation, the student may take a lower grade due to their lassitude, despite the fact that they work extremely hard at their chosen sport. Yet, all they get for their dedication is a pat on the back. This should not be the case. All student athletes that play a sport for their school should earn credits toward graduation for the sports they play.

The credits student athletes would earn could be used with a quarter year of a health class in place of their PE classes. However, since many athletes enjoy the break from schoolwork that PE can be, they would be able to continue taking the class if they so wished. If a student chose to opt out of his or her gym class, then he or she would instead have a free period or study hall in which they could complete any homework he or she had for the day, reducing the load he or she would have after their practice. This would remove an immense amount of pressure on the student, which in turn would make them more alert and attentive in class and even better at their sport. In addition, removing gym class from an athlete’s schedule may even save them from injury.

In 2007, about 62,000 students were injured during their gym class. This may be due to other students fooling around, uncorrected improper form in an exercise, or even simply tripping and falling. No matter what the cause, an injury to an athlete can cause several weeks, or even months of watching their team from the...

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COLLEGE OF COMPUTER STUDIES
THESIS TOPIC PROPOSAL
Name of the Proponents
Angeline Casanova
Regine Singzon
Title of the Thesis
Fitness Gym Android App
Beneficiary Details
Name/s
Address
Contact Number
Key Resource Persons
Existing Business Flow
­­ Flowchart
Description
This diagram shows how they can perform exercise with a short period of time. Starting from logging in and validating their account up to choosing what exercise they will do. After choosing the exercise
Scope and Limitation of Proposed System:
Scopes
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It will be very helpful for those who doesn’t have money that can’t afford to go to Gym.
Since it runs on android platform all it require is an android phone starting from the version 2(ginger bread) of android up to the latest version.
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Limitations
Since its for android platform only it can’t run on a computer or on IOS devices.
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EX- Pectoralis Major in bench press.
ANTAGONIST- Opposing muscle to the prime mover that passively elongates or shortens to permit motion to occur.
EX- Hamstring in leg extension
SYNERGIST- Any muscle assisting the prime mover.
EX- Deltoids assist the pectoralis major in bench press
MEDIAL- Closer to the midline.
LATERAL- Further from the midline.
ABDUCTION- movement of a limb away from the center of the body.
EX- arms are going out in the scarecrow exercise
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ATROPHY- Decrease in the size of the muscle fiber.
HYPERTROPHY- Increase in muscle fiber size.
CONCENTRIC CONTRACTION- A muscle contraction that produces movement around a joint. Think positive contraction
ECCENTRIC CONTRACTION- The development of tension in the muscle as it lengthens. Think negative contraction.
EXTENSION- Movement of a body part from a bent to a straight position.
FLEXION- Movement of a body part from straight to bent position.
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PRONE- Face down
ANTERIOR- Refers to the front.
POSTERIOR- Refers to the back.
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